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23. Section 10 of the Explosives Act, 1884, provides forfeiture of explosives or any part of explosives in case if the accused were convicted. Section 10 of the Explosives Act, 1884, goes thus:

"10. Forfeiture of explosives.-When a person is convicted of an offence punishable under this Act or the rules made under this Act, the court before which he is convicted may direct that the explosive, or ingredient of the explosive, or the substance (if any) in respect of which the offence has been committed, or any part of that explosive, ingredient or substance, shall, with the receptacles containing the same, be forfeited."